Trash rack rake



Dec. 29,1931. J. A. Lean/mur 1,839,186

TRASH mdk RAME Filed July 24, 195o f7 www? Patented Deeze, 1931 Q 1,839,186

VUNITED STATES PATENroFi-iclz Application filed July 24571930. serial No. 470,360.

This invention relates to a'rake employed onthe outer side of the head. Clamping to remove trash from a rack or grating placed nuts 16, engaged with the projecting inner across the intake end of a mill race` to arrest end portions vof the teeth are turned to a matter which would otherwise' be: carried Cllmpng'bwlng 0H the inner Sid@ *.Of 13h@ -through the race and be objectionable for head. f l. i D well known reasons. 1 17 designates a bail preferablyv composed The object of the invention vis toprovide'an Of 2L hat' Of Strap or angle iron bent to the efiicient trash rake of durable and relatively VSlllpG ShOWIl by Figure l, the apex 0f the inexpensive simple oonstructiomhaving ad- VCODSUDg the Upper Gnd 0f the blflld vantages hereinafter set forth, 1 y the ends of the'bar collectively constituting` 6d t -Of the accompanying drawings forming i the lower end of the bail, which is provided part of this Specificationewithspaced apart bearings 18 in which are Figure 1 is a side View of a trash rack rake JOUFIlalGd n alllled XlG arms '14, QImed 0D. embodying the invention, looking toward the il? ends 0f 'the head 13 and COaXlall there- Outer Side.V Y with.A The upper end of the bail, formed byV 65 Figure 2 `is an enlargement of .a portion of the 2L1991K theep is Provided With means for Figure 1, showing portions of the incline engagement Wlh im Opeamg Cable whereby bass of a trash rack or grating. I the rack; may be raised and lowered, said Figure 3 is ,l Section on 1ne`3r 3 of Figmeans being here shown as a ring 21, secured 1 me 2. l Y to the bail'by astrap 22. The cable is oper- 7U 2" Figures 4; and 5 show in perspective, oner able t0 faSe and 1 0'We1 the rake on a rack,- of the bail dogs and one of the rake head sind Cabl@ permlttlng SWlngmg mOVGmGQS lugs hereinafter descrbed- 3 Y y of the rake towardand from the rack while Figure 6 is a view similar to aiportionvof 1t 1S bemg rinsed and loweed S0 that the Figure 2, showing the wheel or traveler here-1 mkflS confomableto a mass 0f dbris n any 75' inafter described, provided with a peripheral Portlon 0f thelfackf f n Journalled on the axle arms are wheels 19,

Figure 7 is a view'similar. to a portion of Whose perphees are adaflted t0 run on bars p' Figure 37 Showing ,L modification. f of the rack. The teeth progect outward from enter spaces 4between other rack bars. The' axis of therrake head and the peripheries of the wheels are concentric withv each other, showing a portion of a modifiediform of the as Shown by Flgu'e i5 S0 that me PI'OJGCP 35 rake head and teeth' l l Y of the teeth from said peripheriesis invari- S5' The same reference characters indicate the able and 1S not'. aectedby Swmmg move'k Same parts in u of the gures ments of the bail7 the. obJect of this arrange- A trash rack is composed of spaced apart ment beutg heremafter Stated'. i Y. bars 12, said bars being usually inclined, as 'The ball and head are provlded Withpm' 40. Shown by Figures 3 and` 8 v K l plemental stop members' adapted to positive- 90 My improved rake is designed to cooperate .Slpplr laee in a kdlalsllg PO' -t hV k td -bL I Y Lifi ,a ae'romeac o er oper- Wl h t e me as neX esem e mit the teeth to yield when the rake isfall- 13 designates an elono'atedrake lieadior ,i Y shaft, which may be eitliDer tubular or solid, mg- In ths lnstance the Sil-1d S'UOP memlOIS a smaller scale, showing a Amodified form o traveler. i v

Figure 9 is a fragmentary perspective view,

i .i5 preferably the lattei.-v Fixed to the head and are Provided by dgS 23, fixed t0 the ball ad' 95 projecting therefrom-are rake teethrl. In 3216611? tbe beflngs 18a and lugs 24 fXed t0 this instance, the rake head is provided with he-sl1at anddal?ted t0 @but he d0gS, 21S transverse sockets receiving the outer end lndicated'by Figures2and 3. Iprovide autoportions of the teeth. Enlargements 15a, matic forcing. means adapted to force the 'to formed on the-outer ends of the teeth, bear teeth toward a load-raising position and cause 100 Fgureg is a View-Similar to Figure 37 on the p'eriplieries of thewheels suciently to o i them to dig into a mass of dbris on the rack during the initial upward movement of the rake, the teeth commencing to dig into or penetrate the dbris at the moment the rake commences to rise, land continuing to penetrate until they firmly engage the dbris. In this instance, said automatic means is embodied. in springs 25 connected at 26 with the bail, and at 27 with the head 13 and adapted to urge the lugs toward the dogs, and at the same time cause the points4 oi?? the teeth` to`l dig into the mass of dbris. The lower portion of the trash rack is the portion througlrwhiclr a `tree flow of Water is very. important so that the thorough cleaning ofthe poit'ion is highly desirable. This lowerfportion is frequent-l ly obstructed by av tough interwoven mat of leaves, twigs, and other waterlogged matter,`

compacted by the pressure of, the water and seriously restricting the io-w of water. This mat is usually; inthe foi-rn` of a.- banlt bearing on the bottomof vthe stream and onthe lower portion of the upstreamlside of theracl, the bank presenting a surface which joins the rack atits upper' edgeandis inclined upstream from the rack to the bottom- The rake flexibly supported as above described, bears on. the inclined side of the bank of dbris when the rake-is fully lowered, the wheels bearing `on the inclined side of the bank, and

Ythe teeth. beingv swung upwardly by contact with the bank whirlethe rake-is talli-ng. The monientthe rake commences to rise, the automatic forcing means, here embodied. inA the springs 25,1 acts to cause the point-sy ot the teethV te dig into the banlncinstead ot sliding inoperatively upward on? the inclined` side thereof, Without digging intothe dbris', as

might: be the case-without saidfmeans.y The teeth. arejtheretore caused to positively penetrate the debris until they are. sufficiently engaged'therewith tol-ift it. When the rake is falling and the cable is relatively loose,

the bail 1.7 is liableto swing inward towardv and bear onA the` bank. 'of dbris, andfwhen the cable is pulled upward tora-ise the rake, the

pullv of the cable causes thebail-to swingoutward from. thefban-k. until the bailis alined with the cable.

The 4abovedescribed 'arrangement ot the peripheriesof the Wheels 19 concentric with the axis ofthe rake header shaft 13, preventsthe outward swinging ofthe-bail from drawing the points of the teeth outward and away from` the bank of dbris', the points of: thev teeth` remainingI in Contact with-the bank and ready toi dig into the same when the rake.

commences to rise. l y If desired, each. wheel 19:1na`y be` provided with peripheralfin 20,` adaptedto enter the space between twoy adjacent rack bams. Usually however, the iin is not required.

The: rake-can be used on. anyeni'sting racks withoutchange of the racks, thusv adapting it` for: any plant, new or old.`

The rake will not only handle leaves, grass, chips and other dbris, but will grab and pull to the surface water-logged L,1C-foot pulpwood.

It may be operated by a standard electric hoist of low cost which is easily and cheaply installed.

The solid rake head 18-may be square-or of other polygonal form inv cross section, and the teeth 15 may bear on one side of the head and be attached thereto by bolts, as shown by Fig-ure;

.1 claim:

1'. A; trash rake attached to a flexible cable which isoperable. to raise and lower the rake on a rack, said cable permitting swinging movements o'tfthe rake toward and.. from the raciti whiley itis being raised; andv lowered, so that ther rake is conformable to a mass of-4 dbris onA any portion of the rack, the: rake cornprising.; in. combination,1 a bail attached` at its upper end to said cable a'nol'laaving,spacedl apart: bearings at its lowery end,l a rake head havin-g alinetl axle armsat` its kopposite ends coaxial: with. thehead. and: iournaledin said bearings, rake teeth fixed-.tothe head, wheels:`

jeiutnfaledv onthe' afXle arms: and; adafpvtedi to run on bars of a rack, the teeth. projecting: outward from-the peripheries of. the? wheels, tdentertspa'ces between' other rackl bars, the aXis of the rake head and the peripheriesof the wheels being concentricv with each' other, soithat the; projection of the teethy from said peripheries isinvariable and i-'san'ot aiectcd by swinging movements of the bail, complemental stop members on the bail and head adapted to abut each-f` other andi positively supportthe: vteeth int a load-raising' position when the rake is rising, andseparable to. permit,V :teeth to yield' when' the rake' is: talling, and: automatic torcing means adapted to torce theateeth:` towardY a loa'd-raising: position and cause them to dig into a mass of debrisV on a rack, said cable permitting swinging' movements ofithe rakeV toward and froml the rackwhillerit is: being raised and loweredgsoV that the rake is conformable to: almass of dbris on any' portionof the rack, the" rake comprising, in combination, a bail attachedi atlts upperA end? to said cable 'and having spacedf'apart bearings: atitslower end, arakehead having alined: axle arms at its opposite endscoaXialf with the headl andr journaled in said bearings, raketeethy iiXed to: the, head, wheelsjonrnaled on' the axle armslandfadaptedtorun vonibars ofaracki, thfefteethi projectoutward vfromT 'theI peripheriesi ofthe: wheels'T tofrenter. spaces between other rackV bars; the` axis of the rake head and the peripheries ofthe wheel'svbeing concentric' with each other,isotlrattheprojectien oct the teeth from said. peripheries is invariable and. is not afeoted by swinging movements of the bail, i

stop dogs fixed to the bail adjacent the bearings thereon, stop lugs fixed to the head and adapted to abut said dogs, and springs oonneoted with end portions of the bail and head and adapted to -orce the lugs toward and against the dogs, the arrangement being such that the said dogs, lugs, and springs cause a positive support of the teeth in load-raising position when the rake is rising, and permit the teeth to yield upwardly when the rake is falling, the springs causing the teeth to dig into a mass of dbris on `the rack during the initial upward movement of the rake.

3. A trash rake comprising a head having alined axle arms at its opposite ends, teeth fixed rigidly to the head and projecting from one side thereof, a bail having journals at its ends loosely embracing the axle arms, travelers loosely mounted on the axle arms and movable on bars of a-trash rake, the teeth being adapted to project between other rack bars, dogs xed to and projecting from the bail, lugs fixed to the head and adapted to abut said dogs, and resilient means connected with the bail and with the head and adapted to maintain the llugs in yeilding 'Contact with the dogs, said lugs and resilient means positively supporting the teeth in load-raising position when the rake is rising, and permitting the teeth to yield upwardly When the rake is falling.

In testimony whereof I have aliixed my signature.

JAMES A. LEONARD. 

